1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee; ERV — Proverbs 2:1
2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; ERV — Proverbs 2:2
3 Yea, if thou cry after discernment, and lift up thy voice for understanding; ERV — Proverbs 2:3
4 If thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures; ERV — Proverbs 2:4
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. ERV — Proverbs 2:5
6 For the LORD giveth wisdom; out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding: ERV — Proverbs 2:6
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright, he is a shield to them that walk in integrity; ERV — Proverbs 2:7
8 That he may guard the paths of judgment, and preserve the way of his saints. ERV — Proverbs 2:8
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgment, and equity, yea, every good path. ERV — Proverbs 2:9
10 For wisdom shall enter into thine heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul; ERV — Proverbs 2:10
11 Discretion shall watch over thee, understanding shall keep thee: ERV — Proverbs 2:11
12 To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things; ERV — Proverbs 2:12
13 Who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; ERV — Proverbs 2:13
14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil; ERV — Proverbs 2:14
15 Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths: ERV — Proverbs 2:15
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; ERV — Proverbs 2:16
17 Which forsaketh the friend of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God: ERV — Proverbs 2:17
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead: ERV — Proverbs 2:18
19 None that go unto her return again, neither do they attain unto the paths of life: ERV — Proverbs 2:19
20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. ERV — Proverbs 2:20
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. ERV — Proverbs 2:21
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and they that deal treacherously shall be rooted out of it. ERV — Proverbs 2:22